Cold Ashton
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Cold Ashton is a village in South Gloucestershire
, England. The village church has a 14th century tower and the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century by Thomas Key, its rector.
In 1643 during the English Civil War
Sir Bevil Grenville
was injured at the Battle of Lansdowne
and carried to the rectory at Cold Ashton, where he died.
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
, England. The village church has a 14th century tower and the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century by Thomas Key, its rector.
In 1643 during the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
Sir Bevil Grenville
Bevil Grenville
Sir Bevil Grenville was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1621 and 1642. He was a Royalist soldier in the English Civil War and was killed in action at the Battle of Lansdowne.-Backgound:...
was injured at the Battle of Lansdowne
Battle of Lansdowne
The English Civil War battle of Lansdowne was fought on 5 July 1643, near Bath, southwest England. Although the Royalists under Lord Hopton forced the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller to retreat from their hilltop position, they suffered so many casualties themselves and were left so...
and carried to the rectory at Cold Ashton, where he died.